Paul Kellogg, New York City Opera Impresario, Dies at 84
He had no opera experience when he was chosen to run the Glimmerglass Opera in upstate New York; 17 years later, he took on City Opera during a difficult period.
Paul Kellogg in 2007 at the New York State Theater, as the New York City Opera’s home was then called. As leader of both that company and the Glimmerglass Opera, he made the two houses creative partners.Credit.Sara Krulwich/The New York Times
April 28, 2021
Paul Kellogg, an innovative impresario who led the Glimmerglass Opera in Cooperstown, N.Y., and later, during a dynamic and financially precarious period, also led the New York City Opera, died on Wednesday at a hospital in Cooperstown. He was 84.
Everything That s Reopening Following COVID-Induced Closures
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As coronavirus cases continue to decline across the U.S. and President Joe Biden vows that the nation is on track to have enough vaccine supply “for every adult in America by the end of May,” Hollywood is inching closer to reopening.
Entertainment is among the industries most crippled by the pandemic. Nationwide lockdowns forced the shutdowns of television and film productions, delayed movie premieres, shifted release strategies and closed movie theaters.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom announced on March 10 that movie theaters in Los Angeles County would be able to reopen at 25% capacity (or 100 people, whichever is fewer). Following the official reopening of L.A. theaters on Monday and the loosening of tier restrictions, 11 more California counties move from the most-restrictive purple tier to the less-restrictive red tier, effective Wednesday. Lake, Mo
Glimmerglass Festival to Stage Its Operas Outdoors This Summer
The festival, in Cooperstown, N.Y., plans to resume performances this summer in “the most ventilated area we could find: the great outdoors.”
A rendering of the stage that will be built for summer. The lawn will be transformed into socially distanced areas for four to six people.Credit.Tim Blazdell
March 1, 2021
With many performing arts organizations trying to determine when it will be safe to return to their theaters, the Glimmerglass Festival announced Monday that it would take advantage of its bucolic surroundings in upstate New York to build an outdoor stage so it can perform this summer for socially-distanced audiences on its lawn.
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